West Manchester Township Police Chief Art Smith has assigned two officers to reconstruct the April 8 crash that claimed the life of Dover resident Donald Horick, Smith said Tuesday.

Horick, 76, died at York Hospital on Sunday, two weeks after the crash, according to the York County Coroner's Office.

Smith said that Horick was heading west on West Market Street just before 4:30 p.m., near the intersection with East Berlin Road, when a 19-year-old Thomasville woman pulled into the intersection. The vehicles collided, Smith said.

The woman was initially charged with several summary violations, but when Horick died, police withdrew those in anticipation of more severe charges, Smith said.

"At this point, we're in conference with the district attorney's office," Smith said. "Obviously, a more intensive investigation is required under the circumstances."

Smith said the investigation could take several weeks. The officers' findings will then be handed over to District Attorney Tom Kearney, who will then make a recommendation on how to proceed, Smith said.

Horick had worked for the past 11 years as a part-time delivery driver for York Tool Warehouse, co-owner John Patterson said Tuesday.

He was making a delivery when the crash occurred, Patterson said.

"Don was a fun person to be around," Patterson said. "He enjoyed going out to eat, he enjoyed watching football, baseball and basketball on TV.

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He was always a talkative guy."

Patterson said Horick had just left the warehouse, located at 1901 W. Market St., and headed west to make a delivery in a PT Cruiser, owned by the company.